WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- Fuel Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTEK), a world leader
in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion
systems and emissions control in utility and industrial applications,
today announced it was awarded a $4.6 million contract for multiple
NOxOUT ULTRA([R]) systems at a single power generation site in China.
The systems will generate ammonia reagent in support of large coal-fired
electric generating units to be retrofitted with selective catalytic
reduction (SCR) systems for nitrogen oxide (NOx) control. Equipment
deliveries for the first systems are scheduled to commence during the
fourth quarter of 2009.

Fuel Tech's NOxOUT ULTRA process provides for the safe and
cost-effective on-site conversion of urea to ammonia for use as a
reagent in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx, eliminating the
hazards associated with the transport, storage and handling of anhydrous or aqueous ammonia.

John F. Norris Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer,
commented, "This announcement represents our first major award in
China this year and the Company's fourth cumulative award of NOxOUT
ULTRA systems in the world's largest market for air pollution
control equipment. With industry diligently striving to make further
headway in reducing China's air pollution, we believe other
near-term opportunities will present themselves for our newly expanded
suite of NOx reduction technologies, which now include low NOx burners
and overfire air systems, as well as SCR flow modeling, graduated
straightening grid technology, and catalyst management services. Fuel
Tech's capabilities in combustion modification and SCR and SNCR technologies make us a uniquely positioned one-stop technology supplier
with the ability to meet China's NOx control requirements without
the normal limitations associated with each stand-alone
technology."

Mr. Norris concluded, "Equally important, this is the second
NOxOUT ULTRA order received from this customer, operator of a nationwide
fleet of coal-fired power plants. The need for future measures to reduce
NOx emissions from this operator's coal-fired units, either on a
retrofit or new construction basis, should afford Fuel Tech the
opportunity to secure additional NOxOUT ULTRA orders from this
established client."

About Fuel Tech

Fuel Tech is a leading technology company engaged in the worldwide
development, commercialization and application of state-of-the-art
proprietary technologies for air pollution control, process
optimization, and advanced engineering services. These technologies
enable customers to produce both energy and processed materials in a
cost-effective and environmentally sustainable manner.

The Company's nitrogen oxide (NOx) reduction technologies
include advanced combustion modification techniques - such as low NOx
burners and overfire air systems - and post-combustion NOx control
approaches, including NOxOUT([R])and HERT[TM] SNCR systems as well as
systems that incorporate NOxOUT CASCADE([R]), NOxOUT ULTRA([R]), Rich
Reagent Injection (RRI) and NOxOUT-SCR([R]) processes. These
technologies have established Fuel Tech as a leader in NOx reduction,
with installations on over 550 units worldwide, where coal, fuel oil,
natural gas, municipal waste, biomass, and other fuels are utilized.

The Company's FUEL CHEM([R]) technology revolves around the
unique application of chemicals to improve the efficiency, reliability,
fuel flexibility and environmental status of combustion units by
controlling slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity and acid plume, as
well as the formation of sulfur trioxide, ammonium bisulfate,
particulate matter (PM2.5), carbon dioxide and NOx. This technology, in
the form of a customizable FUEL CHEM program, is being applied to over
95 combustion units burning a wide variety of fuels including coal,
heavy oil, biomass, and municipal waste. A breakdown of the nature of
these customer units is posted on the Company's website.

Fuel Tech also provides a range of combustion optimization
services, including airflow testing, coal flow testing and boiler
tuning, as well as services to help optimize selective catalytic
reduction system performance, including catalyst management services and
ammonia injection grid tuning. In addition, flow corrective devices and
physical and computational modeling services are available to optimize
flue gas distribution and mixing in both power plant and industrial
applications.

Many of Fuel Tech's products and services rely heavily on the
Company's exceptional Computational Fluid Dynamics modeling
capabilities, which are enhanced by internally developed, high-end
visualization software. These capabilities, coupled with the
Company's innovative technologies and multi-disciplined team
approach, enable Fuel Tech to provide practical solutions to some of our
customers' most challenging problems. For more information, visit
Fuel Tech's web site at www.ftek.com.

This press release may contain statements of a forward-looking
nature regarding future events. These statements are only predictions
and actual events may differ materially. Please refer to documents that
Fuel Tech files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange
Commission for a discussion of certain factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking
statements.

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